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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2013, 4:10 PM MDT for Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2013, 4:10 PM MDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2013, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:13 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ne Tucumcari, NM | |
| Jun 19, 4:55 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Nw Bard, NM | |
| Jun 19, 5:08 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nnw Bard, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 20.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
126 WFUS55 KABQ 192210 TORABQ NMC037-047-192300- /O.NEW.KABQ.TO.W.0002.130619T2210Z-130619T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 410 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 500 PM MDT * AT 406 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TUCUMCARI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOGAN...HIGHWAY 54...INTERSTATE 40 AND COUNTY ROAD A1 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3541 10327 3512 10321 3513 10375 3531 10379 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 260DEG 18KT 3523 10366 $$ 43
1 follow-up statement
292 WWUS55 KABQ 192243 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 443 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 NMC037-047-192252- /O.CAN.KABQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130619T2300Z/ QUAY-SAN MIGUEL- 443 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL AND CENTRAL QUAY COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A TORNADO NO LONGER APPEARS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3541 10327 3512 10321 3513 10375 3531 10379 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 260DEG 18KT 3526 10346 $$ 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 7:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 8:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Union | 116 min |
| Jun 18, 8:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 9:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 3:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 3:34 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 25 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 61 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.